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Pocket Symphony (CD)

By: AIR (Artist)

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DISC 1 for Pocket Symphony (CD) Album By AIR (Artist)
1   Space Maker
2   Once Upon A Time
3   One Hell Of A Party
4   Napalm Love
5   Mayfair Song
6   Left Bank
7   Photograph
8   Mer Du Japon
9   Lost Message
10   Somewhere Between Waring And Sleeping
11   Redhead Girl
12   Night Sight
 

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Review

Spin (p.86) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he tunes occupy a hushed netherworld between classical minimalists like Erik Satie and Timbaland."
Q (p.117) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T[he ethereal vocals and lush synths on 'Photography' and 'Napalm Love' are beautifully crafted..."
CMJ (p.42) - "[F]amiliar Air, but with a decidedly more pop/rock feel. The synths still sparkle..."
No Depression (p.86) - "POCKET SYMPHONY is an exercise in mournful minimalism....The great, torpid 'One Hell Of A Party' serves up the world's saddest piano..."

Title Note

Air (France): Nicolas Godin (vocals, guitar, koto, shamisen, bass shamisen, piano, bass synthesizer, glockenspiel, bass guitar, drum machine, tambourine); JB Dunckel (vocals, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, synthesizer, vibraphone, glockenspiel, xylophone, percussion, sampler); Tony Allen (vocals, drum); Magic Malik (flute); Joey Waronker (drum, percussion).

Released in early 2007, POCKET SYMPHONY finds Air once again working with outside singers, as the French electronica duo did on '01's 10,000 HZ LEGEND. This time around, the guests are British vocalists Neil Hannon (aka the Divine Comedy) and Jarvis Cocker (formerly of Pulp), with the latter lending his signature droll charm to the woozy "One Hell of a Party."

The Hannon and Cocker tracks aside, SYMPHONY largely serves as a fine companion piece to the supremely laid-back TALKIE WALKIE, with Nicolas Godin and J.B. Dunckel once again tweaking their own half-whispered vocals under the guidance of producer Nigel Godrich (Beck, Radiohead), most notably on the dreamy, drifting "Once Upon a Time" and "Redhead Girl," which comes across as an ambient cousin to WALKIE's "Cherry Blossom Girl." While Air fans hoping for upbeat tunes like "Sexy Boy" and "Radio Number 1" will be left empty-handed, POCKET SYMPHONY reinforces the notion that Godin and Dunckel are most fascinating when thoroughly at ease.

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